Lane Kiffin: Refs Lied To Me

[joeybee12]

LOS ANGELES -- A full day after the Trojans' 56-48 loss to Stanford in triple overtime, USC coach Lane Kiffin maintained Sunday that he was deceived by the Pac-12 referees officiating Saturday's game.

Kiffin, USC's second-year head coach, said he told an unspecified referee before the final play of regulation that he wanted a timeout after the Trojans ran a play, which began with nine seconds left on the game clock. But receiver Robert Woods winded a screen pass the opposite way and was tackled inbounds with one second left, and the clock was left to run out into overtime.


It was originally ruled that Woods was tackled out of bounds with no time left on the clock. While the play was being reviewed, Kiffin reminded side judge Brad Glenn to tell the head referee that he had requested the timeout, and he said he received an assurance that the timeout would be called if it was ruled after the review that there was one second left.

"I was basically lied to," Kiffin said Sunday.

If USC had been allowed to run another play with one second, the Trojans would have attempted a 50-yard field goal as time expired.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/story/_/id/7172604/usc-trojans-lane-kiffin-maintains-was-deceived-pac-12-officials

[KamaAina]

1. Quick! Dial Whine-One-One!!

[joeybee12]

2. Any other coach in the world and I might believe this...nt

[wilt the stilt]

3. Lane- lying?

Did you lie to Tennessee or maybe your players?

[LisaM]

4. Ah, good point.

If you want people to believe you, well, you shouldn't be Lane Kiffin.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. They still would have lost with a FG.

Needed a TD and 2.

:shrug:

[frylock]

6. the game was tied at that point..

a field goal wins.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. See #9

[joeybee12]

8. Youre thinking about the 3rd OT....this was at the end of regulation...nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Thanks.

My bad.

[caraher]

10. Bottom line for me is...

that was just a stupid play. They had the time out available, if the runner had just taken a knee in the middle of the field (which would have been better for the FG attempt anyway) there would have been 3-4 seconds left and no question. When I saw the play I couldn't believe he was trying to run all the way across just to get out of bounds (he gained essentially zero yards from the time he set off for the opposite sideline).

They really just didn't deserve a timeout.

[fishwax]

11. and it was right after a timeout as well

You'd think they'd stress that during the timeout: if you can't go forward, go down and call timeout.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. I like Kiffin but he's a dolt in this case

You can't be assigned a time out based on prior agreement. Woods either had to get down in time for a manual time out to be granted, or get out of bounds before all zeros. They would have put 1 second on the clock if Woods were out of bounds. Once it was obvious his knee was down, the game was headed to overtime.

USC can't complain about clock specifics on that final possession. The prior play removed only 3 seconds from the clock -- from 12 to 9 -- despite Barkley lingering in the pocket to such extent that Herbstreit TWICE emphasized to Musberger after the play that Barkley is wasting valuable seconds on the clock, apparently without realizing it.

[trumad]

14. Agree.

[joeybee12]

13. Kiffin fined $10K for his comments; McDonald Suspended

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/story/_/id/7176256/usc-trojans-coach-lane-kiffin-fined-10k-s-tj-mcdonald-suspended